Breaking new ground in what many surgeons consider the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery, surgeons have successfully performed an appendectomy with no abdominal incision. The appendix was ...

An appendectomy is a surgical procedure designed to remove the appendix—a small, tube-shaped organ located in the lower right abdomen. This operation is typically performed to treat appendicitis, an ...

Breaking new ground in what many surgeons consider the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery, Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital surgeon Kurt Roberts, M.D., successfully ...